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<h2><span class="refentrytitle"><a name="cairo-png-functions.top_of_page"></a>PNG Support</span></h2>
<p>PNG Support — Reading and writing PNG images</p>
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#define             <a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#CAIRO-HAS-PNG-FUNCTIONS--CAPS" title="CAIRO_HAS_PNG_FUNCTIONS">CAIRO_HAS_PNG_FUNCTIONS</a>
<a class="link" href="cairo-surface.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t">cairo_surface_t</a> *   <a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-image-surface-create-from-png" title="cairo_image_surface_create_from_png ()">cairo_image_surface_create_from_png</a> (const char *filename);
<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#cairo-status-t" title="enum cairo_status_t">cairo_status_t</a>      (<a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-read-func-t" title="cairo_read_func_t ()">*cairo_read_func_t</a>)                (void *closure,
                                                         unsigned char *data,
                                                         unsigned int length);
<a class="link" href="cairo-surface.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t">cairo_surface_t</a> *   <a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-image-surface-create-from-png-stream" title="cairo_image_surface_create_from_png_stream ()">cairo_image_surface_create_from_png_stream</a>
                                                        (<a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-read-func-t" title="cairo_read_func_t ()">cairo_read_func_t</a> read_func,
                                                         void *closure);
<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#cairo-status-t" title="enum cairo_status_t">cairo_status_t</a>      <a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-surface-write-to-png" title="cairo_surface_write_to_png ()">cairo_surface_write_to_png</a>          (<a class="link" href="cairo-surface.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t">cairo_surface_t</a> *surface,
                                                         const char *filename);
<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#cairo-status-t" title="enum cairo_status_t">cairo_status_t</a>      (<a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-write-func-t" title="cairo_write_func_t ()">*cairo_write_func_t</a>)               (void *closure,
                                                         unsigned char *data,
                                                         unsigned int length);
<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#cairo-status-t" title="enum cairo_status_t">cairo_status_t</a>      <a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-surface-write-to-png-stream" title="cairo_surface_write_to_png_stream ()">cairo_surface_write_to_png_stream</a>   (<a class="link" href="cairo-surface.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t">cairo_surface_t</a> *surface,
                                                         <a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-write-func-t" title="cairo_write_func_t ()">cairo_write_func_t</a> write_func,
                                                         void *closure);
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<p>
The PNG functions allow reading PNG images into image surfaces, and writing
any surface to a PNG file.
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<a name="CAIRO-HAS-PNG-FUNCTIONS--CAPS"></a><h3>CAIRO_HAS_PNG_FUNCTIONS</h3>
<pre class="programlisting">#define CAIRO_HAS_PNG_FUNCTIONS 1
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Defined if the PNG functions are available.
This macro can be used to conditionally compile code using the cairo
PNG functions.
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<a name="cairo-image-surface-create-from-png"></a><h3>cairo_image_surface_create_from_png ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="cairo-surface.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t">cairo_surface_t</a> *   cairo_image_surface_create_from_png (const char *filename);</pre>
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Creates a new image surface and initializes the contents to the
given PNG file.</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td> name of PNG file to load
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> a new <a class="link" href="cairo-surface.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="type">cairo_surface_t</span></a> initialized with the contents
of the PNG file, or a "nil" surface if any error occurred. A nil
surface can be checked for with cairo_surface_status(surface) which
may return one of the following values:

<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-NO-MEMORY--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_NO_MEMORY</code></a>
<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-FILE-NOT-FOUND--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_FILE_NOT_FOUND</code></a>
<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-READ-ERROR--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_READ_ERROR</code></a>
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<a name="cairo-read-func-t"></a><h3>cairo_read_func_t ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#cairo-status-t" title="enum cairo_status_t">cairo_status_t</a>      (*cairo_read_func_t)                (void *closure,
                                                         unsigned char *data,
                                                         unsigned int length);</pre>
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<a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-read-func-t" title="cairo_read_func_t ()"><span class="type">cairo_read_func_t</span></a> is the type of function which is called when a
backend needs to read data from an input stream.  It is passed the
closure which was specified by the user at the time the read
function was registered, the buffer to read the data into and the
length of the data in bytes.  The read function should return
<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-SUCCESS--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS</code></a> if all the data was successfully read,
<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-READ-ERROR--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_READ_ERROR</code></a> otherwise.</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>closure</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td> the input closure
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>data</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td> the buffer into which to read the data
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>length</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td> the amount of data to read
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> the status code of the read operation
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<a name="cairo-image-surface-create-from-png-stream"></a><h3>cairo_image_surface_create_from_png_stream ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="cairo-surface.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t">cairo_surface_t</a> *   cairo_image_surface_create_from_png_stream
                                                        (<a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-read-func-t" title="cairo_read_func_t ()">cairo_read_func_t</a> read_func,
                                                         void *closure);</pre>
<p>
Creates a new image surface from PNG data read incrementally
via the <em class="parameter"><code>read_func</code></em> function.</p>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>read_func</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td> function called to read the data of the file
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>closure</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td> data to pass to <em class="parameter"><code>read_func</code></em>.
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<td><p><span class="term"><span class="emphasis"><em>Returns</em></span> :</span></p></td>
<td> a new <a class="link" href="cairo-surface.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="type">cairo_surface_t</span></a> initialized with the contents
of the PNG file or <a
href="/usr/share/gtk-doc/html/glib/glib-Standard-Macros.html#NULL--CAPS"
><code class="literal">NULL</code></a> if the data read is not a valid PNG image or
memory could not be allocated for the operation.
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<a name="cairo-surface-write-to-png"></a><h3>cairo_surface_write_to_png ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#cairo-status-t" title="enum cairo_status_t">cairo_status_t</a>      cairo_surface_write_to_png          (<a class="link" href="cairo-surface.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t">cairo_surface_t</a> *surface,
                                                         const char *filename);</pre>
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Writes the contents of <em class="parameter"><code>surface</code></em> to a new file <em class="parameter"><code>filename</code></em> as a PNG
image.</p>
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<td> the name of a file to write to
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<td> <a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-SUCCESS--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS</code></a> if the PNG file was written
successfully. Otherwise, <a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-NO-MEMORY--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_NO_MEMORY</code></a> if memory could not
be allocated for the operation or
<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-SURFACE-TYPE-MISMATCH--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_SURFACE_TYPE_MISMATCH</code></a> if the surface does not have
pixel contents, or <a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-WRITE-ERROR--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_WRITE_ERROR</code></a> if an I/O error occurs
while attempting to write the file.
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<a name="cairo-write-func-t"></a><h3>cairo_write_func_t ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#cairo-status-t" title="enum cairo_status_t">cairo_status_t</a>      (*cairo_write_func_t)               (void *closure,
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<a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-write-func-t" title="cairo_write_func_t ()"><span class="type">cairo_write_func_t</span></a> is the type of function which is called when a
backend needs to write data to an output stream.  It is passed the
closure which was specified by the user at the time the write
function was registered, the data to write and the length of the
data in bytes.  The write function should return
<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-SUCCESS--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS</code></a> if all the data was successfully written,
<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-WRITE-ERROR--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_WRITE_ERROR</code></a> otherwise.</p>
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<td> the output closure
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<td> the buffer containing the data to write
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<td> the amount of data to write
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<td> the status code of the write operation
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<a name="cairo-surface-write-to-png-stream"></a><h3>cairo_surface_write_to_png_stream ()</h3>
<pre class="programlisting"><a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#cairo-status-t" title="enum cairo_status_t">cairo_status_t</a>      cairo_surface_write_to_png_stream   (<a class="link" href="cairo-surface.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t">cairo_surface_t</a> *surface,
                                                         <a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-write-func-t" title="cairo_write_func_t ()">cairo_write_func_t</a> write_func,
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<p>
Writes the image surface to the write function.</p>
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<td> a <a class="link" href="cairo-surface.html#cairo-surface-t" title="cairo_surface_t"><span class="type">cairo_surface_t</span></a> with pixel contents
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>write_func</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td> a <a class="link" href="cairo-png-functions.html#cairo-write-func-t" title="cairo_write_func_t ()"><span class="type">cairo_write_func_t</span></a>
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<td><p><span class="term"><em class="parameter"><code>closure</code></em> :</span></p></td>
<td> closure data for the write function
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<td> <a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-SUCCESS--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_SUCCESS</code></a> if the PNG file was written
successfully.  Otherwise, <a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-NO-MEMORY--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_NO_MEMORY</code></a> is returned if
memory could not be allocated for the operation,
<a class="link" href="cairo-error-status.html#CAIRO-STATUS-SURFACE-TYPE-MISMATCH--CAPS"><code class="literal">CAIRO_STATUS_SURFACE_TYPE_MISMATCH</code></a> if the surface does not have
pixel contents.
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